Interview

The Rational Evidence for Immortality

May 10, 2011 Benjamin Wiker 0

Dinesh D’Souza served as senior policy analyst at the Reagan White House in 1987-1988. New York Times Magazine has named him one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers. The World Affairs Council lists him as […]

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Mixed Signals

May 10, 2011 Anne Hendershott 0

The battle over health care reform promises to be the most expensive one ever waged in Congress, as armies of lobbyists advance on Washington to demand that new legislation reflect their interests. Recognizing the high […]

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Interview

In the Name of the Church

May 10, 2011 Matthew A. Rarey 0

Cardinal Francis Arinze has enjoyed a meteoric career, from becoming the youngest bishop in the world in 1965 at the age of 32, to serving in several of the most vital posts in the Vatican. […]

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Editorial

The Separation of God from State

May 10, 2011 George Neumayr 0

Secularists complain about the Church’s influence over government even as they seek to influence the Church’s internal governance. Witness their attacks on Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence for merely informing Congressman Patrick Kennedy that he […]

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Editorial

Into the Deep Sea of History

May 10, 2011 George Neumayr 0

According to his critics, Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy would alienate, not attract, be rigid, not flexible. But as he presides over an imaginative papacy of growing Christian unity, their predictions fall away. Unable to compute […]

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The First Vocation Crisis

May 10, 2011 J. J. Ziegler 0

Addressing the societal collapse of marriage, the US bishops have issued a pastoral letter praised by defenders of the Church’s teaching on family life. In an August interview, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York discussed […]

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Interview

Global Attacks on Life and Family

May 9, 2011 Michael J. Miller 0

Last December, CWR interviewed Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) and editor of the Friday Fax. C FAM is a nonpartisan, non-profit research institute dedicated to reestablishing a proper […]

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Analysis

Soft Despotism

May 9, 2011 Kathy Shaidle 0

At the end of 2009 the gay marriage movement, which once seemed unstoppable, hit a series of roadblocks. A referendum in Maine was defeated, and even the liberal New York state Senate voted down a […]

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Film & Music

The World of Hayao Miyazaki

May 9, 2011 Steven D. Greydanus 0

March 2 marks the DVD release date for Ponyo, the latest film from Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Though it made a splash at box offices overseas, it caused barely a ripple in the US, despite […]

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Special Report

A Poison in the Home

May 9, 2011 Patrick F. Fagan 0

The fact that marriage rates are dropping steadily is well known. But the impact of pornography use and its correlation to fractured families has been little discussed. The data show that as pornography use and […]